Kelly Mckinnon

hi i was banded on march 15th of this year and when i did the 2 weeks of boost i lost 18lbs...........now i have 32lbs off..........i go on april the 27th to get my first fill.......i hope he fills it right up cause i can eat anything and i never feel full...........i am sticking to my cup of food per meal limit and i seem to be losing inches and not lbs...........but ihave to realize its only been a month since surgery and i cant expect to lose 50 lbs in a month......i think some times we have to high of expectations of this surgery and think we r going to lose it all over night.............well i guess it takes awhile and the slower the better the dr said it is more apt to stay off...........but congrats to all the ppl that are doing it ..........

hi there........i am laying on my stomach and its only been 3 weeks i have been doing it for half the time i have been home...........

im getting my first fill at the end of april.............my port site was the only part of me that was tender after the operation...........right after the operation i didnt have pain anywhere else............its a tad tender but the drs say that is normal...........i am hoping he tightens the band so tight i cant breathe lol............i can eat anything and it doesnt bother me so hoping the band tightening will help.

well i thought i was the only one feeling that way......i was banded on march 15th and have lost 20 lbs.....i think we expect too much too soon.....i love my food its a terrible addiction....i have wondered if i should have had the sleeve or the big operation now......but i think if we calm ourselves down and we will start to see improvements.....its better if we lose slow and steady so that we can keep it off.....i hope u keep in contact so we can keep cheering each other on

my dr had me on a liquid diet of boost for 14 days before surgery........i lost 18lbs....it was the hardest thing i think i ever did......but now that i am banded trust me it does not take much to fill me.........i am losing inches and a few lbs......i have lost 20 but the inches are going..........kinda makes it discouraging on the scales but u would think if inches r going pounds have to be too lol.....oh well its slow and easy and that is the main thing.........i guess the trick to this whole thing is to eat and chew slow.......chew till its like a mush in your mouth...........maybe if i had done that years ago i would not have had to have this band done..........but i am glad i did it.....

congrats.....i had surgery too and it was nothing...no gas pain nothing.......not even a pain killer..........keep up ur chin it gets easy.

wishing u all the best.............i was so lucky after my operation i didnt take any pain meds nothing.....i dont know if i was tough or just had a really good dr !!!!!!! the next day i came home and i have not stopped since............in fact i am going back to work tomorrow and its only been 2 weeks since surgery................keep in contact and let us know how your doing

sorry to hear ur sick......i have a friend that had it done 2 years ago and she has only lost 50 lbs too.....i think that is still a sucess at least u didnt gain the 50 lbs.......please keep in contact i have just had it done and i am waiting for my first fill in april..i have lost 20 lbs since march 1.2012...... kelly

well i had my surgery on march 15th and i feel great..........i was very lucky i didnt even need pain meds....so far its not hard to stick to the liquids . i dont feel hungry at all...........i lost 18lbs while on the boost and water diet for 2 weeks.........i can actually say i am proud of myself and did it........i am on the mend now and going to be a new healthy person...........hope to hear more from everyone

its going to be a challenge but then again its a challenge to do things so this is going to make it so much easier.....i was teasing my husband and told him u better move out for 2 weeks while i am on boost lol........our drs told us we can drink Water with flavoring in it too so that will help......i didnt know u could freeze boost and make it like popsicles so that u r chewing.....i am learing quite a few things here

hi there.............i am having my surgery on the 15th of March.......mine will be done in Bathurst NB...........i have been on the waiting list for 3 or 4 years...........i am lucky there are a few ppl in this area that have had it done and they keep telling me to call them, email them or what ever they will help.......its nice to have ppl like that.........well i start my boost on the first of march.......its gonna be a challenge but oh so worth it..........just to get this weight off and fell like doing things.........i have 3 grandchildren that i so enjoy but feel bad because there are things i just cant do with them.............so thats another way of making me go ahead with all this.......well if u want to keep in contact please do. Kelly